Cowboys' Jason Garrett Named Coach of the Year

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Head coach Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys before a preseason game at AT&T Stadium on September 1, 2016 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Cowboys' head coach Jason Garrett won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award at the NFL Honors ceremony in Houston on Saturday.

Garrett led Dallas to an NFC-best 13-3 record in a turnaround season before the Cowboys lost to Green Bay in the playoffs.

In his seventh season at the Cowboys' helm, Garrett used two rookies, quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott, operating behind a terrific offensive line, to lift Dallas to its best record in nine years. The Cowboys also had the third-stingiest scoring defense in the NFC.